Tag Archives: First Nations

PAGC leaders hunt and donate moose meat to foodbank
Knowing the issues their people are facing with rising prices and food insecurity, six of the leaders of the Prince Albert Grand Council (PAGC) headed out on the land last week and harvested three moo...
Jan 24, 2025

Winter storytelling continues Jan. 28-29
Floyd Favel wants to revive a winter tradition. "It was a common thing a generation or two ago where people would gather and they would get an elder to share sacred stories,' he said. "These stories a...
Jan 23, 2025

Bell nominated for three Sask. Music Awards
La Ronge's Nigel Bell, who performs under the name Nige B, is up for three Saskatchewan Music Awards. Nominees for the event, which will take place at the Regina Performing Arts Centre in Regina on Ma...
Jan 21, 2025

P.A. area boxers shine at Alberta silver gloves tournament
The youngest of six brothers is showing his toughness.Ayden Masuskapoe, 17, was competing last weekend at a silver gloves competition in Medicine Hat and finished first in his youth division."It's ver...
Jan 20, 2025

“There's a stigma that we can't be soft”: MLTC hopes to create change through Men’s Gathering
Weak. Soft. Those two simple words have often been used to describe an illness, but not one of the body, instead, one of the mind. In the case of some Indigenous men, merely for speaking out about the...
Jan 16, 2025

Heavy snowfall expected in the Northern Sask.
Prepare for quickly changing and deteriorating travel conditions.That's the advice from Environment Canada which is forecasting heavy snowfall amounts for the La Ronge area on Thursday. A warning was ...
Jan 15, 2025

LLRIB musician selected to have work sent to the moon
Lac La Ronge Indian Band member Nigel Bell will be one of many musicians who will have their work sent to the moon as part of NASA's Artemis Program. The Artemis Program has a goal to land humans on t...
Jan 14, 2025

Former Sask. resident living in Los Angeles assisting wildfire evacuees
A former resident of La Ronge is using his experience of deal with wildfires in Northern Saskatchewan to assist Native Americans fleeing the fires raging in the greater Los Angeles area. Sparked by dr...
Jan 09, 2025

UPDATED: Highway 55 reopened following rollover
Update: Jan. 9, 1:19 p.m.Meadow Lake RCMP has confirmed that Highway 55 has since been cleared and reopened to traffic.Police will provide more information on the incident as it becomes available.--Mo...
Jan 09, 2025
Missing Beardy's man found deceased
Editor's note: this story was updated Wednesday evening at 920p.m. to include a statement from Sturgeon Lake Chief Christine Longjohn.A nearly two week long search for a missing man, has a tragic endi...
Jan 08, 2025